Bitcoin and Financial Independence

Well, it was a rough couple of months. Layoffs found their way to me after dealing with a severe & rare eye infection, so it was time to implement what I talked about on my last podcast to some degree.

Today we talk about Bitcoin loans, Bitcoin seasonality, $MSTR being undervalued relative to other $SPY companies, etc.

Links mentioned in the show:

• Jeff Walton
• SimpleMining.io
• Yieldmax ETFs
• Roundhill ETFs
• The different strategies they use
• 100% depreciation with Bitcoin miners explained
• Another explainer

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles. Below is a list of my favorite exchanges and products.

• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout & healthier energy drink replacement
• Heatbit: A Bitcoin miner/space heater and HEPA air filter
• Masa Chips: Made with Tallow and sturdy, great chips for Nacho's
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• My new favorite protein powder
• Orange Pill App: Find Bitcoin friends in real life
• Born To Be Free Tallow: Zinc and beef fat sunscreen, lotion and chapstick. Normal sunscreen is a scam

First time buying Bitcoin? Here are the best Bitcoin only exchanges:

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of Bitcoin.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.

This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

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• Note: Swan Bitcoin, Born to be Free, Masa are my only affiliate relationships - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.

There have been a flurry of Bitcoin treasury companies, options ETF's, preferred stocks and other interesting funds popping up in the last several months. I try to go over them at a high level and explain a little about them, but see the links below for more information. NFA, DYOR, HFSP

Links from the show:

• M2 vs Stocks
• Bitcoin's Cap Adjusted Growth Rate (CAGR)
• Covered Call Overview
• Is Bitcoin a Ponzi
• Strategy.com Metrics on MSTR
• MSTY - Yieldmax
• IMST - Bitwise
• MST - Defiance
• $STRF
• $STRK
• $STRD
• BMAX - Rex Shares
• MSII - Rex Shares

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles. Below is a list of my favorite exchanges and products.

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of crypto. Buy, sell and send crypto with no fees. Use my link to get $5, no purchase necessary.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• My new favorite protein powder that gives Bitcoin rewards back
• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout & healthier energy drink replacement
• Heatbit: A Bitcoin miner/space heater and HEPA air filter
• Orange Pill App: Find Bitcoin friends in real life
• Born To Be Free Tallow: Zinc and beef fat sunscreen, lotion and chapstick. Normal sunscreen is a scam
• Masa Chips: Made with Tallow and sturdy, great chips for Nacho's

This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

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• Note: Swan Bitcoin and Born to be Free are my only affiliate relationships - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.

EarlyBird is getting acquired by Acorns and taking your early access Bitcoin with them. Ideas about helping kids with College, their first car, business, travel or other jumpstarts into adulthood.

Links from the show:

• EarlyBird Acquisition
• Sweater VC
• Bloomberg: Parents Ditching 529's for Bitcoin
• Episode 50: Original EarlyBird Interview
• Episode 104: Adding IBIT Exposure to EarlyBird
• MSTR/STRK/STRF Overview
• STRK Overview
• STRF Overview

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles. Below is a list of my favorite exchanges and products.

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of crypto. Buy, sell and send crypto with no fees. Use my link to get $5, no purchase necessary.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• My new favorite protein powder that gives Bitcoin rewards back
• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout & healthier energy drink replacement
• Heatbit: A Bitcoin miner/space heater and HEPA air filter
• Orange Pill App: Find Bitcoin friends in real life
• Born To Be Free Tallow: Zinc and beef fat sunscreen, lotion and chapstick. Normal sunscreen is a scam
• Masa Chips: Made with Tallow and sturdy, great chips for Nacho's

This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

==============================

• Note: Swan Bitcoin and Born to be Free are my only affiliate relationships and I am a brand ambassador for Early Bird - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.

Random episode on what I'm teaching my kids. Strong mind, strong body, strong spirit.

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles.

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of crypto. Buy, sell and send crypto with no fees. Use my link to get $5, no purchase necessary.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• My new favorite protein powder that gives Bitcoin rewards back
• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout & healthier energy drink replacement
• Heatbit: A Bitcoin miner/space heater and HEPA air filter
• Orange Pill App: Find Bitcoin friends in real life
• Born To Be Free Tallow: Zinc and beef fat sunscreen, lotion and chapstick. Normal sunscreen is a scam

This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

==============================

• Note: Swan Bitcoin and Born to be Free are my only affiliate relationships and I am a brand ambassador for Early Bird - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.

Random episode on what I'm teaching my kids. Strong mind, strong body, strong spirit.

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles.

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of crypto. Buy, sell and send crypto with no fees. Use my link to get $5, no purchase necessary.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• My new favorite protein powder that gives Bitcoin rewards back
• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout & healthier energy drink replacement
• Heatbit: A Bitcoin miner/space heater and HEPA air filter
• Orange Pill App: Find Bitcoin friends in real life
• Born To Be Free Tallow: Zinc and beef fat sunscreen, lotion and chapstick. Normal sunscreen is a scam

This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

==============================

• Note: Swan Bitcoin and Born to be Free are my only affiliate relationships and I am a brand ambassador for Early Bird - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.

Today we talk about a new Bitcoin Treasury Company - 21 Capital, with CEO Jack Mallers, and what it could mean for Private Equity, Venture Capital, retail investors, Strategy ($MSTR) and Bitcoin.

Links for the show:

• 21 Capital
• News announcement
• Softbank
• SPAC's
• Tether
• Cantor Fitzgerald
• $CEP on CNBC
• Fold $FLD
• Fold 2% Bitcoin back credit card
• MSTR True North (Investing club that does deep dives on MSTR and their accretive bitcoin strategy)
• Matt Kratter overview of STRK, MSTR, STRF
• MSTY
• IMST
• SEC withdraws guidance to banks

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles.

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of crypto. Buy, sell and send crypto with no fees. Use my link to get $5, no purchase necessary.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• My new favorite protein powder that gives Bitcoin rewards back
• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout & healthier energy drink replacement
• Heatbit: A Bitcoin miner/space heater and HEPA air filter
• Orange Pill App: Find Bitcoin friends in real life
• Born To Be Free Tallow: Zinc and beef fat sunscreen, lotion and chapstick. Normal sunscreen is a scam

This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

==============================

• Note: Swan Bitcoin and Born to be Free are my only affiliate relationships and I am a brand ambassador for Early Bird - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.

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It's tiring being called a degenerate gambler over and over again, a cult member so forth.

Here's why Bitcoin isn't gambling and follows the Law of the Harvest better than the dollar.

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles.

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of crypto. Buy, sell and send crypto with no fees. Use my link to get $5, no purchase necessary.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• My new favorite protein powder that gives Bitcoin rewards back
• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout & healthier energy drink replacement
• Heatbit: A Bitcoin miner/space heater and HEPA air filter
• Orange Pill App: Find Bitcoin friends in real life
• Born To Be Free Tallow: Zinc and beef fat sunscreen, lotion and chapstick. Normal sunscreen is a scam
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This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

==============================

• Note: Swan Bitcoin and Born to be Free are my only affiliate relationships and I am a brand ambassador for Early Bird - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.

With the stock market roiling and Bitcoin holding strong, but then turning over somewhat, there's some fear around tariffs and how they work. But is this part of a larger plan? Will it work? What are the motivations of Trump and who is guiding his moves?

Let's talk about Scott Bessent and Howard Lutnick.

Notes from the show:

• $MSTY option MSTR income ETF from Yieldmax
• Gamestop $GME letter from Strive
• GameStop Announces Proposed Private Offering of $1.3 Billion of Convertible Senior Notes
• Larry Fink Annual Letter
• Jesse Randall post explaining tariffs and the larger plan
• Andrei Jikh's take 1
• Andrei Jikh's take 2
• Scott Bessent interview on All In Podcast
• Howard Lutnick interview on All In Podcast

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles.

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of crypto. Buy, sell and send crypto with no fees. Use my link to get $5, no purchase necessary.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• My new favorite protein powder that gives Bitcoin rewards back
• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout & healthier energy drink replacement
• Heatbit: A Bitcoin miner/space heater and HEPA air filter
• Orange Pill App: Find Bitcoin friends in real life
• Born To Be Free Tallow: Zinc and beef fat sunscreen, lotion and chapstick. Normal sunscreen is a scam

This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

==============================

• Note: Swan Bitcoin & Streitwise are my only affiliate relationship and I am a brand ambassador for Early Bird - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.

Recorded Jan 29th 2025.

Lots of interesting things going on lately with Bitcoin and politics. I don't care for Trump much but let's talk about what he's doing in relation to Bitcoin, crypto, taxes and the Federal Reserve.

Notes from the show:

• Ross Ulbricht Pardoned by Trump for Silk Road
• American Kingpin book
• Digital Gold: talks about early Bitcoin personalities including Ross Ulbricht
• Trump Bitcoin Conference talk in Nashville
• Executive Order on Digital Assets
• Czech central bank head wants it to buy billions of euros in bitcoin
• States with Strategic Bitcoin Reserve Bills
• Tesla Bitcoin Markup Makes Big Impact on Earnings
• Trump and Melania Memecoins
• World Liberty Financial buying Bitcoin (kind of)
• SAB 121 Rule change -> SAB 122
• Income Tax -> Repeal the 16th Amendment
• Tariffs and the External Revenue Service
• Tariffs History of Funding the Government
• Federal Reserve Secret Creation - Creature From Jekyll Island

This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles.

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of crypto. Buy, sell and send crypto with no fees. Use my link to get $5, no purchase necessary.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• My new favorite protein powder that gives Bitcoin rewards back
• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout & healthier energy drink replacement

==============================

• Note: Swan Bitcoin & Streitwise are my only affiliate relationship and I am a brand ambassador for Early Bird - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.

Recorded Jan 29th 2025.

New Year, new goals. Might be wondering why I don't have a goal to buy bitcoin, but I don't make goals for things I would normally do anyway.

Also EarlyBird allows Bitcoin exposure for custodial brokerages.

Notes from the show:

• Bitopoly Bitcoin Game
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family

This podcast is brought to you by Orange Manufacturing Group's Bitcoin Lightning Keychain, save 21% with the code "21bitcoinfi":

• OMG21BTC - Bitcoin NFC Keychain
• How it's made
• NFC resources

Places to get an unchanging lightning address:

• LightningAddress.com
• Strike
• Fountain
• GetAlby
• Bitrefill

Check out getbitcoinfi.com for more blog posts and articles.

• Swan Bitcoin: Lower fees than Coinbase with a strong focus on education
• Strike - the Venmo of crypto. Buy, sell and send crypto with no fees. Use my link to get $5, no purchase necessary.
• Cash App has low fees and Bitcoin only. Get $5 when you sign up with my link
• River is the latest platform I’ve used to buy Bitcoin. You can learn more about it here.
• Early Bird - The easiest way to invest for your kids future with your friends and family
• Fountain is a way to listen to podcasts, earn Bitcoin and support your favorite content creators.
• My Twitter
• Tip Satoshi's to support the pod here
• Link to my new favorite protein powder that gives Bitcoin rewards back
• Link to Vital Nectar - pre workout and healthier energy drink replacement

==============================

• Note: Swan Bitcoin & Streitwise are my only affiliate relationship and I am a brand ambassador for Early Bird - the rest are mutually beneficial referral links.